Australian Portable Buildings has secured a new headquarters 25 kilometres south of Brisbane. Located at 13-23 Badu Court, Meadowbrook, the property consists of a 4562 sq m building and 5000 sq m of adjoining hardstand. Rent is about $613,000 a year. The company required the new facility due to growth in servicing the mining, utility, oil and gas industries across Australia. The company recently leased a 17,000 sq m facility in Perth. Located in Brisbane’s southern precincts, the property enjoys good transport links and easy access to the Logan and Pacific Motorways. Jason Rasmussen and Myles Clentsmith of Savills negotiated the lease.

Pabs Furniture Rentals has leased an industrial unit in Sydney’s inner south. The 1171 sq m property is at 1/444 Gardeners Road, Alexandria. Rent is $140 per sq m and the company signed a four-year lease. The property features significant street frontage, onsite parking and dual access via Birmingham Street and Gardeners Road. The unit has a high quality showroom and office, as well as a high clearance, clear span warehouse. CBRE’s Mark Silva negotiated the lease.

Environmental technologies company, Best Solutions, has leased a 950 sq m industrial property on the Gold Coast. Market sources estimate the rent to be $130 per sq m gross for the property at 7 Dover Road, Burleigh Heads. It consists of a 300 sq m showroom, 150 sq m office and 500 sq m warehouse, as well as 18 car spaces. Best Solutions took a three-year lease with two three-year options. A property of this size is rare in the area and this was a determining factor in the deal. Larger properties are more common on the Gold Coast’s northern corridor. Craig George from Colliers International closed the deal on behalf of Waterview Nominees.

Glazing and aluminium supplier, Queensland Glass, has secured an office and warehouse facility in Brisbane’s east. The property, at 24 Container Street, Tingalpa, is next door to the company’s former premises, which it has outgrown. Market sources estimate the rent at the new facility to be $136,000 a year. The property consists of a 1361 sq m warehouse and 100 sq m office. The freestanding clear-span warehouse has dual container-height roller door access. Queensland Glass took a three-year lease with two, three-year options. Ray White Commercial’s Jared Doyle negotiated the deal.

Shoe manufacturer and distributor, Aquila Shoes, has leased 150 sq m of retail space in the Melbourne CBD. The property, Shop 2, 264-274 Little Collins Street, attracted rent of about $300,000 a year gross. The six-year lease marks the opening of Aqulia’s 27th Australian store. The Melbourne brand was founded by Tony Longo in 1958, the brand now employs a third generation of the Longo family. The property provides the company with prime frontage in an exclusive, boutique fashion precinct. Michael Di Carlo from Savills closed the deal.